[Frank Lee]

My neocon friend sent me this:

AT LEAST MARCUS TILLIUS CICERO, SEEMS TO HAVE GOT IT RIGHT. BACK EVEN IN 55 BC.
"The Budget should be balanced,
the Treasury should be refilled,
public debt should be reduced,
the arrogance of officialdom should be
tempered and controlled,
and the assistance to foreign lands should be
curtailed, lest Rome will become bankrupt.

People must again learn to work
instead of living on public assistance."
- Cicero , 55 BC



So, evidently we've learned nothing over the past 2,071 years.

I replied:

Then don't expect anything to change in the next 2,071 years.

Get used to it already.